The wishing well
One Sunday morning I woke up too early for my usual time. It felt a little wrong, I didn’t think I would make it through the day, so I decided to go to “that” place. I went to sit next to my Wishing Well and started to think about everything that has been bothering me lately… so I reached into my right pocket, grabbed a bunch of coins, and decided to start fixing my life.
I asked the Wishing Well to remove me from my stubbornness and pride, because pride has been preventing me from moving forward on what I care most, and I was never good at swallowing it. I kept waiting for an answer, a sign that would make me feel my wish had come true. I stared a few minutes and felt nothing. That’s when I realized that pride wasn’t something that could be stripped out of me, but something I had to give away for myself.
Still feeling uneasy, I grabbed another quarter, looked at it for a second and threw it in. I asked the Wishing Well to grant me some patience, maybe that would help me endure the day-to-day stress of these past few weeks. Nothing happened. That’s when I knew that patience couldn’t be granted just like that, ironically patience would only come to he who could wait for it. It is something you learn to have, one day at a time.
There was still something missing, I just couldn’t know what, so I wished for some happiness. What could fade away my problems far better than happiness? A slow breeze was felt along my skin. I thought it was something but… nothing yet. That’s how I understood that I had to be content with myself first before wishing for happiness around me.
I wanted to be happy and I wanted to be patient. I remembered the feeling that was haunting me, so I just grabbed another coin and I would just wish that away. I was about to make my wish but a sudden moment of clarity made me comprehend that overcoming the pain would make me stronger, would make me grow, and would make me understand. I wouldn’t want to wish the pain away.
Without anything left to wish, I just grabbed all my money that I had left, threw it into the Wishing Well and asked for nothing more.
I learned so much that day.